Science Week!

This week was Science Week at nursery! We have enjoyed lots of fun experiments such as, magic dancing milk, oobleck, volcanos, rain in a jar and planting seeds.

Oobleck!

On Monday we had a look what would happen if we combined cornflour and water together. We discovered that it created a slimy concoction that was solid when we picked it up and held it tightly. Once we let it go it turned into a liquid. We then experimented with adding colour to it which the children enjoyed thoroughly. 

Magic Dancing Milk!

On Tuesday we made magic dancing milk. To create this we used milk and added food colouring too it. We dipped a pipette into some washing up liquid to see what reaction it would have. Some children predicted that it would turn brown but we discovered that it made the colours move around and dance!

Planting Seeds!

On Wednesday we focused on planting seeds ready for the summer. We planted split peas, sunflowers and cosmos... We just have to be patient now to see if they grow. 

Rain In A Jar!

On Thursday we made rain in a jar. To do this we added water and shaving foam into a jar. The children thought it looked like 'whipped cream', 'a pillow' and 'ice cream.' We then used a pipette to drip some food colouring into the shaving foam 'cloud' to see what would happen. The colouring fell through the cloud and made rain like patterns in the water. When we asked the children what it looked like, they said it looked like a 'jelly fish' or 'seaweed.' 

Volcanos!

On Friday we made volcanos using vinegar and baking soda. The children thought it would explode! We had made volcano moulds earlier in the week and we placed this over a plastic cup which we then added baking soda and vinegar into. We watched carefully as the mixture fizzed out of the volcano. The children said 'it explodes!', 'its like lava', and 'dinosaurs like volcanos.' We then explained to the children that this is called a chemical reaction. 

This has sparked our children's imagination for next weeks learning...